Sports
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•December 18, 2024
Sliwinski, Perna Lead the Charge for Southern Regional as Rams Seek Division Crown
The Southern Regional boys basketball team wasn’t far from the top of the Shore Conference Class A South division last season. This winter, the Rams should be a contender to win it.
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•December 12, 2024
Southern Regional Dedicates Season to Parker Nork, Starts With a Bang in 7-4 Victory
Aidan Ruiz considers it a privilege to compete this season in honor of Parker Nork.
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•December 11, 2024
Southern Has Enough Experience, Talent and Depth to Win State Crown Again
When the Robin Leff Tournament is contested on Saturday, Dec. 14, the Southern Regional wrestling squad will begin yet another quest to have an outstanding team season. After all, head coach Dan Roy…
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•December 11, 2024
Southern Opens Swim Season Strong Against Pt. Pleasant Borough
The Southern Regional boys and girls swim teams, the defending Ocean County champions, are off to a hot start within the revamped Shore Conference A South division. Squaring off against Point…
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•December 4, 2024
Talented, Deep Southern Regional Girls Squad Expects to Be Contender Yet Again
The Southern Regional girls swim team was supposed to have a new head coach this winter, but Maddie Cooke, one of the assistants last season and a regular with the Barnegat Light Beach Patrol, opted…
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•December 4, 2024
College Signings Prove Prowess of 2025 Senior Class
During the last half of November, more than a dozen Southern Ocean County athletes signed the dotted lines on documents that cemented their commitments to colleges along the eastern half of the…
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•December 4, 2024
With White Anchoring Lineup, Barnegat Girls Look to Contend for Titles Again
As a new season begins, coach Jon Gordon summed up the main challenge for his Barnegat girls bowling squad in a single six-word statement.
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•November 27, 2024
Unthinkable Journey Ends With Memorable Moment that Will Last a Lifetime
They laughed and hugged each other. They took turns holding and taking photos with the trophy. They shared one amazing moment they’ll never forget for as long as they live.
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•November 25, 2024
Donnelly Delivers as Southern Regional Boys Soccer Team Snatches First State Title
Many may say Guy Lockwood is the best soccer player to ever take the pitch in a Southern Regional uniform. Aidan Donnelly solidified his case as a contender on Sunday, Nov. 24.
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•November 21, 2024
Southern Regional Edges Defending Champions to Advance to State Final
The Southern Regional Express is still on the track, and it’s heading for Franklin.
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•November 20, 2024
Southern Regional Field Hockey Squad Runs Into Juggernaut, Falls in Sectional Final
By the time the final horn sounded to culminate her high school career Nov. 13, Avery Smith had only a small dot of clotted blood on the right side of her nose still hanging on – a huge difference…
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•November 16, 2024
Southern Regional Boys Soccer Team Hoists State Sectional Championship Trophy for First Time
Coach Guy Lockwood has been connected to the Southern Regional boys soccer program for much of the past four decades. On Friday, Nov. 15, he finally had the opportunity to hold an NJSIAA state…
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•November 14, 2024
Barnegat Girls Make History By Reaching Sectional Semifinal
When she started playing varsity soccer several seasons ago, Kallie Kawka wasn’t quite sure whether she’d be on a team contending for a state sectional title. And for her first three seasons as a…
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•November 14, 2024
Southern Regional’s Skiendzielewski Breaks Top 20 in Group 4, Heads for Meet of Champions
Coming out of the NJSIAA South Jersey Group 4 cross-country championship meet, Southern Regional’s Kyle Skiendzielewski was happy to have his teammates going along with him as they headed for the…
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•November 13, 2024
Barnegat Battles, But Sterling Too Much in Sectional Quarterfinals
During Kevin Peters’ first season as head coach of the Barnegat boys soccer program, his Bengals won 11 games and had a winning season, finishing four games over the .500 mark. The next season…
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•November 13, 2024
Southern Blanks Millville, Advances to Section Final
Through the regular season and Shore Conference Tournament, the Southern Regional field hockey team recorded seven shutouts. During the state tournament thus far, the Rams are 3-for-3 on goose eggs.
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•November 13, 2024
Southern Regional Reaches Title Match But Williamstown Dominates
Going on the road into a hostile environment for a state sectional championship match has its difficulties. The challenges amplify when the team on the other side has defeated yours twice during the…
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•November 13, 2024
Pinelands Routs Timber Creek for Second Section Crown in Three Years
Two years ago, Jill Becker and Olivia Shertenlieb had significantly different roles on the Pinelands Regional girls volleyball squad that captured the NJSIAA South Jersey Group 3 championship. They…
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•November 8, 2024
Santa Sprint Benefits Charitable Causes
Last spring, the newly formed Reynolds Family Foundation held a “Bunny Hop” 5K run and 1-mile fun run/walk on at Veterans Memorial Park in Beach Haven. At that time, the organization was looking to…
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•November 7, 2024
Gesicki Snags Five Passes, Scores Two Touchdowns in Cincy Victory
Mike Gesicki was bound to have a breakout game at some point this season.
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•November 7, 2024
Pinelands Regional Runners Finish Big to Earn Positions in NJSIAA Group 2 Race
It had been a decade since the Pinelands Regional girls cross-country team landed two runners among the top 12 during the NJSIAA South Jersey sectional meet. Rory Krier and Summer Sprague ended the…
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•November 7, 2024
Southern Regional Strikes First, But Cherry Hill East Overcomes With Ground Game
After the first play of the game, it seemed the Southern Regional football team was completely prepared for its NJSIAA Central Jersey Group 5 playoff clash with Cherry Hill East on Nov. 1. Denzel Lee…
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•October 31, 2024
Mental Toughness Matters as Southern Regional Captures Third Straight Shore Conference Title
If the Southern Regional girls volleyball team proved one thing during the Shore Conference Tournament championship on Oct. 29, it’s this: coach Eric Maxwell’s players are Ram tough.
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•October 31, 2024
Southern, Barnegat Secure Football Playoff Spots
During the past couple of years, the only local high school football team to make the NJSIAA playoffs has been Southern Regional. This year, Barnegat will join the fray.
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•October 30, 2024
Southern Regional Advances to Semifinals With Shutout of Central
At times this fall, the Southern Regional field hockey team has shown offensive flashes of brilliance, burying five, six, even seven goals on occasion. And then the Rams have had games like the one…
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•October 30, 2024
Southern Ousts Donovan Catholic, Goes After Another Conference Title
Throughout the season, Bailey Adams has been all over the volleyball court, lunging for a ball here, chasing down an errant pass there, perfectly setting up a teammate for a slam, dozens of times per…
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•October 30, 2024
Pinelands Regional Knocks Off Wall But Can’t Get Past St. John Vianney
For five weeks, the Pinelands Regional girls volleyball team has been behind in matches a few times, but otherwise the Wildcats have done a great job of taking control somewhat early in games and…
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•October 27, 2024
Southern Regional Sailors Qualify for Atlantic Coast Championship
The Southern Regional sailing team has had an outstanding fall season, and the highlights kept coming this past weekend. The Rams are heading to the Atlantic Coast Championship.
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•October 24, 2024
Pinelands Girls Volleyball Team Takes 19-Match Win Streak into Conference Tourney
Several weeks ago, after the Pinelands Regional girls volleyball squad’s three-game victory over division rival Barnegat, senior hitter Jill Becker was adamant that the Wildcats were good enough to…
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•October 24, 2024
Southern Regional Boys Bounced From Conference Tourney By Central
Only two Ocean County boys soccer teams managed to get past the second round and into the quarterfinals of the Shore Conference Tournament. Southern Regional was eliminated by one of them.
